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  • How is better?

    From Alexander Koryagin@2:221/6 to All on Friday, January 29, 2021 07:42:34

    Hi, All!

    How is better:

    Don't look into the cake you eat!
    Don't look into the cake you are eating!

    The last one, IMHO, sounds excessively formal to be for a proverb.

    Bye, All!
    Alexander Koryagin

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  • From Anton Shepelev@2:221/6 to Alexander Koryagin on Friday, January 29, 2021 12:36:48
    Alexander Koryagin:

    How is better:

    Which is better.

    Don't look into the cake you eat!
    Don't look into the cake you are eating!

    Good question. My uncertain vote leans toward the second
    version. How about another saw:

    Saw not the bough on which thou sittest.

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